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Mapping the root systems of individual trees in a natural community using genotyping-by-sequencing.
The New phytologist - 1 May 2023
Osborne Owen G, Dobreva Mariya P, Papadopulos Alexander S T, de Moura Magna S B, Brunello Alexandre T, de Queiroz Luciano P, Pennington R Toby, Lloyd Jon, Savolainen Vincent
Abstract excerpt
The architecture of root systems is an important driver of plant fitness, competition and ecosystem processes. However, the methodological difficulty of mapping roots hampers the study of these processes. Existing approaches to match individual plants to belowground samples are low throughput and species specific. Here, we developed a scalable sequencing-based method to map the root systems of individual trees...
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